Who else
wants to learn the secrets of piano improvising --
making up music as you play?

7
Months From Today...You Could Be Improvising On The
Piano Freely --
Making Up Your Own Music
On The Spot!

Dear
Friend:

I'm
about to tell you a true story. If you believe me, you will be
well rewarded. In fact, it could change
your piano-playing life. If you don't
believe me, I will make it worth your while to
change your mind.

Let
me explain:

When I was in the
8th grade, there were lots of kids who could
play piano better than I. For example, there
was this guy named Scott who had the same
piano teacher I did, and at the annual
recital he played "Kitten On The Keys" -- a
jazzy up tempo novelty song with lots of
frills that really got the audience going. I
played right after him, and my song was
"Minuet in G" -- hardly an exciting song,
and much easier than "Kitten On The Keys".
It was embarrassing, because he was my age,
and had only taken piano lessons a year
longer than I had.

Now fast
forward 3 years. We are in our 3rd year of
high school at Placer High in Auburn,
California. I had gotten interested in jazz
a couple years earlier and had sent off for
a "Chord Chart" in the mail. As I recall, it
cost me two bucks. Working all by myself
with that chord chart I had learned a dozen
or so of the most-used chords. Then I went
to a jazz concert at the Memorial Auditorium
in Sacramento where I saw the great Erroll
Garner play a solo concert. I had no idea
that a piano could sound like that, and I
perceived that what he was doing was
breaking up chords in some complex ways I
didn't understand at the time -- but wanted
desperately to find out.

Plus you get
these bonuses:

A Free Big Binder
to keep all
your books in, plus

Bonus
DVD on
"Using Chords To Improvise"!

So I
immediately bought some of his records and
started playing along with them, running my
hands up higher and lower, pretending that I
was the one making those incredible sounds.
I did that by the hour -- not only at home,
but also in the practice rooms in the music
building at Placer High.

One day as I was doing this, Scott happened to walk
byyyy
the practice room I was in and
noticed what I was doing.

"What in the world do you
think you're doing, Shinn?
That sounds terrible!"

He was right, of course. It did sound terrible, but
that wasn't the point. The point was --
I
was gradually learning which chords Garner was
using, and how he was breaking them up and moving so
deftly between them.

Now fast
forward another 2 years. We are in our first year of
college at Sierra Junior College, and I am playing
in the college dance combo. Scott sees me playing
and comes over to the bandstand and stares at my
hands for a long time. Finally he shrugs and says
"I can't believe it. I
actually used to be better than you, Shinn. Now all
I can do is play what's in front of me, and you can
improvise all over the place."

I tell you this
story not to brag, but to demonstrate that
it is possible to learn to improvise -- even
by yourself, with no one to help you but a chord
chart and some recordings.

But
YOU
don't have to learn by yourself.
You can take advantage of all that I have learned
about improvising over the past umpteen years since
that happened. Instead of sweating by yourself,
trying to figure out "how they do that", you can
stand on my shoulders and
learn piano improvisation correctly right from the
start.

Here's how the program
works:

I'm going to take you
on a 7-month journey into
piano improvisation. Each month for seven
solid months you will work through a
new book. You'll
receive the entire course all at once, but you will
take it gradually, month by month -- so please don't
skip ahead!

This is a course for people who don't know how to
improvise -- not for pros who already do.
It takes you by the hand, step by step, and shows
you how to actually start making up your own
melodies and arrangements.

Piano Improvising -- The Exciting
7-Month Home Study Course!

The 1st month

we will lay the
foundation for improvisation, including the 12-bar blues. You'll improvise
through the blues sequence many, many times, until you get the "feel" of it.
You will work out of a 28 page book so you will SEE every note, every chord,
every progression in the book. That makes learning fast and secure.

The 2nd monthwe will learn how to create a "motif" -- also known as a theme, for our improvisations, then develop that motif. We will also cover "razzles" on various beats of the
measure. (This will also help your rhythm -- an added bonus!).

During the 3rd month we will
learn how to play popular ballads, using an arpeggio pattern in our left
hand. You'll play a half-dozen beautiful ballads, and learn to improvise on
each one.

The 4th month we will learn
chord substitutions, how to apply triplets to improvisation, how to use
inversions -- all the stuff that makes for exciting, lush arrangements! The
use of good chord substitutions makes your playing not only professional,
but individual as well. You put your own "signature" on each song.

The 5th month we will work with
7th chord improvising and various accent patterns. (And don't forget -- you
get a new book to work out of EACH month, including this month!). 7th chords
are so important in all kinds of music, because they are "pregnant" -- they
want to "deliver" you to the next chord. You'll not only master them, but
you'll also improvise on them!

During the 6th month we will
drill on the arpeggiated bass using 6th chords, the altered 9th chord, and
what to do when 3 or more chords are in the same measure. When you create a
"flowing river of sound" with your left hand arpeggio, your playing sounds
full and lush and exciting.

The 7th month we will learn and
work through the blues scale (which notes to flat to create a "bluesy"
sound) and mixed up motifs, and we'll put it all together so you can see how
everything relates. You'll learn the importance of the flat 5th, the flat
3rd, and the flat 7th, and how they work together to create that "jazzy"
sound!

So there you
have it.

Seven months from now
YOU WILL
be improvising -- and
understanding
what you're doing!
You'll be making up your
own melodies (made out of 2 or more motifs you
learned back in month #2). You'll be playing
exciting chord progressions based on the blues scale
(which you learned in month #7). You'll be creating
moods. Playing the blues. Playing ballads. And many
other improvisational styles.

And remember -- once you learn the principles of
improvisation, you can improvise in any
kind of music
-- gospel, praise, pop, rock, C&W, R&B -- any style!

Sign up now,
and get started on your
seven month journey to
improvising!

Cordially,

Duane

P.S.
I know the tuition for this course is embarrassingly
low for a course of this magnitude. The same
material at a conservatory or university (IF you
could find such a course) would cost many times this
amount -- (if you have attended college recently,
you know about this!) But this is first-class
material using seven excellent books that illustrate
each improvisation technique. So even though it's
extremely low-cost,
it is the
highest quality course you
could possibly take!

P.S.
again: The course is so clear and easy to understand
that you really don't
need me to hold your hand as you go through it. But
it will be like me sitting on the piano bench with
you, guiding you step-by-step.

"Seven Month Course In Piano Improvisation!"
Plus
you get these bonuses:

A Free Big
Binder to keep all your
books in, plus

Bonus DVD on "Using Chords To
Improvise"! which includes a little booklet titled “Practice
Songs”!